MARSEILLE. Lens defeats Olympique Marseille 1-0 after D. Costa scored just 1 goal (79′). Olympique Marseille lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Millot who was helped by Alexandre Viala and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Nicolas Rainville. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.1 degrees Celsius or 66.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 14 Total 13
- 3 On Target 5
- 11 Off Target 8
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 124 Attack 74
- 74 Dangerous attack 32
- 76 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 19 Total 20
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a superior ball possession 56% while Lens was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Lens was able to find the solution to win this match.
Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Lens shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Olympique Marseille received 4 yellow cards (S. Kolasinac, V. Rongier, I. Tudor and M. Guendouzi). On the opposite side, Lens received 3 yellow cards (F. Sotoca, J. Onana and M. Haidara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Olympique Marseille will stay with 23 points to move up in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Lens will have 27 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Marseille will play away against Strasbourg on the 29th of October with a 9-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (6 draws).
Lens will host Toulouse on the 28th of October with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Lens (4 draws).
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Igor Tudor decided to play with the following team: Pau López , Chancel Mbemba , Leonardo Balerdi , Sead Kolašinac , Jonathan Clauss , Valentin Rongier , Jordan Veretout , Nuno Tavares , Mattéo Guendouzi , Amine Harit and Alexis Sánchez .
The home team had on the bench: Pape Gueye , Gerson, Rubén Blanco, Dimitri Payet , Issa Kaboré , Cengiz Ünder , Souleymane Isaak Touré, Ahmadou Bamba Dieng and Luis Javier Suárez.
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: S. Kolasinac for P. Gueye (22′), A. Harit for C. Under (76′), A. Sanchez for B. Dieng (76′), M. Guendouzi for D. Payet (77′) and J. Clauss for I. Kabore (80′).
Best player: Amine Harit
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympique Marseille was Amine Harit.
His rating is with 37 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Lens – Formation
Lens started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba , Massadio Haïdara , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Przemysław Frankowski , Salis Abdul Samed , Junior Onana , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Florian Sotoca and Loïs Openda .
They had on the bench: Ismaël Boura , Jean-Louis Leca, Łukasz Poręba, Alexis Claude-Maurice, David da Costa , Remy Labeau Lascary, Adam Buksa, Steven Fortes and Wesley Saïd .
Substitutions
Lens made 3 changes: L. Openda for W. Said (57′), J. Onana for D. Costa (57′) and D. Machado for I. Boura (82′).
Best player: Seko Fofana
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Seko Fofana even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.